Smoking-pipe.



No. 707,268. Patented Aug. I9, |902. A. S. SPEIRS. SMOKING PIPE.

(Application Bled Nov. 26, 1901.)

(N o M o d e MT1-3Dv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT STUART SPEIRS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SMOKING-PIPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,268, dated August19, 1902.

Application led November 26, 1901. Serial No. 83.782. (No model.) i

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT STUART SPEIRS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Tobaccol Pipe, of which thefollowing is a speciiication.

The invention'relates to smoking-pipes, and

has for its object to provide a device of this class wherein the draftopening or orifice is in the bottom of the tobacco receptacle or bowl,with means whereby the clogging of the oriflee may be prevented oraccumulations of packed tobacco at the orice may be readily removedwithout disturbing the charge, and

also to provide improved means for collecting moisture or saliva at apoint out of contact with the charge in the bowl, for straining thesmoke in its passage to the stem, and for removing accumulations andcleansing the saliva-receptacle.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will appear in thefollowing description,and the novel features thereof will beparticularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understoodthat changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of constructionmay be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of this invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side view of a pipe constructed inaccordance with my invention, the strainer and wiper being indicated indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig.3 is a detail view of the strainer and wiper detached.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The bowl l may be of any ordinary shape or contour, bored or otherwisehollowed out to form an upper tobacco-receptacle 2 and a subjacentsaliva-receptable 3, which is open at its lower end and is preferably ofeven diameter throughout, said receptacles being connected at the centerof the bottom of the tobacco-receptacle by a draft or smoke orifice 4,preferably of small diameter and particularly of less diameter than thesaliva-receptacle. The stem-opening 5 is formed in the side of thesaliva-receptable above its lower end, and the bottom of thesaliva-receptacle is normally closed bya removable filling-plug 6.

The advantage of the above-described construction resides in the fact,rst,vthat the smoke-orifice being in the center of the botsecond, thatthe side or the stem-opening' is protected from, and therefore cannot bechoked or clogged by, the tobacco, and, third, v

that moisture and saliva passing down the stem is accumulated in thesaliva-receptacle below the plane of the stem-opening andout of the pathof the smoke, and hence does not affect the quality of the smoke orinterfere with the draft. l i The cleaning-plug by which thesaliva-receptacle is closed preferably projects beyond the bottom ofsaid receptacle to form a knob or grip by which it may be grasped tofacilitate Lremoval and, preferably, as shown in the drawings, thebottom of the bowl is concaved o r the bottom of the saliva-receptacleis-inset to form a cavity 7 in which this knob or grip is located, sothat the latter is arranged wholly within the contour of the bowl andabove its lower extremity or edge,which,pref erably being flat, forms asuitable rest by which the pipe when not in use may be placed in anupright position upon a dat support.

Movably mounted in theusmoke-orifice is a wiper or stirrer 8, preferablycapable of swinging or turning to traverse that portion of the bottom ofthe tobacco-receptacle which is adjacent to the orifice, and in practiceit is preferred to provide this'wiper with a stem 9, extending downwardthrough the orifice (so that its movement in the orifice may prevent thechoking thereof) and attached to the filling or cleaning plug, wherebythe turning of the wiper may be effected by turning the plug and wherebythe axial or upward-andl cause the loosening of the tobacco adjacent toand in the orifice, and the turning movement of the plug will effect theremoval of packed accumulations of tobacco adjacent to the orifice.Moreover, the saliva-receptacle in the path of the smoke in passing fromthe orifice to the stem may be provided with an absorbent or strainingpacking or filling 10, of which the construction may be varied.Preferably,however,this straining or filtering material is carried bythe stem of the wiper and may consist of absorbent cotton (medicated, ifdesired) orbristles, which may be readily cleansed of accumulations whenthe plug has been removed from the bowl. In practice this straining orfiltering material may extend upward on the stem sufficiently to lieadjacent to or in the smoke-orice, so that smoke in its passage to thestein passes directly therethrough.

Having described t-he invention, what is claimed isl. A tobacco-pipehaving a tobacco-receptacle and a smoke-orice, and a movable wiperhaving its stem mounted in said orifice and having an arm arrangedwithin the tobacco-receptacle to traverse the surface of its wa l.

2. A tobacco-pipe having a tobacco-receptacle and a smoke-orifice, and arotary wiper having its stem mounted in said orifice and having an armarranged within the tobaccoreceptacle to traverse its Wall.

3. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with a tobacco-receptacle anda smoke-orifice in the bottom thereof, and a rotary wiper having itsstein mounted in said orifice and having an arm extending laterallytherefrom to traverse the surface of the bottom of the receptacleadjacent to said orifice.

4. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with a tobacco-receptacle anda smoke-orifice in the bottom thereof, a saliva-receptacle incommunication with the smoke-orifice, and a stem-opening in the wall ofthe saliva-receptacle, and a wiper having its stem extending throughsaid saliva-receptacle and smoke-orifice provided with a lateralwiper-arm arranged withiii the tobacco-receptacle for trav ersing thebottom of the latter adjacent to the smoke-orifice and provided with ahandle located exteriorly of the bowl.

5. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with tobacco and salivareceptacles connected by a smoke-orifice and having a stem-openingcommunicating with the saliva-receptacle at its side, a filling-plugclosing the lower end of the saliva-receptacle, and a wiper carried bysaid plug extending through said smokeorifice and having an arm fortraversing the inner surface of the bottom of the smoke-receptacle.

6. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with tobacco and salivareceptacles connected by a smoke-orifice and having a stem-openingcommunicating with the saliva-receptacle at its side, and a movablefilling-plug fitted in the bottom of the saliva-receptacle, and a wiperhaving its stem attached to said plug and extending through thesmoke-orifice into the tobacco-receptacle and having an arm fortraversing the inner surface of the tobaccoreceptacle.

7. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with tobacco and salivareceptacles connected by a smoke-orifice and having a stem-opening inthe side of the saliva-receptacle, a cleaning-plug removably fitted inthe lower end of the saliva-receptacle, a Wiper carried by the plug andextending through the smoke-orifice into the tobacco-receptacle, and astrainer or filter arranged in the saliva-receptacle between thesmoke-orifice and the stem-opeu ing.

8. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with tobacco and salivareceptacles connected by a smoke-orifice and having a stem-openingin'the side of the saliva-receptacle, a cleaning-plug removably andrevolubly fitted in the bottom of the saliva-ieceptacle, a wiper carriedby the plug and having its stein eX- tended through the smoke-orificeinto the tobacco-receptacle and provided with a wiperarm arranged Withinthe tobacco-receptacle to traverse the wall thereof, and a strainer orfilter carried by the stem of the wiper.

9. A tobacco-pipe having its bowl provided with tobacco and salivareceptacles connected by a smoke-orifice and having a stem-opening inthe side of the saliva-receptacle, a plug fitted in the lowerend of thesaliva-receptacle, a wiper having its stem attached to the plug andextending through the smoke-orifice into the tobacco-receptacle andcarrying a wiperarm, and a straining or filtering medium cairied by saidstem and projecting into the smoke-orifice.

l0. Atobacco-pipehavingitsbowlprovided with a tobacco-receptacle, asaliva-receptacle arranged below the tobacco-receptacle and incommunication therewith by a smoke-orifice, and a cavity below thesaliva-receptacle and communicating therewith by an opening throughwhich the contents of the saliva-receptacle may be removed, thesaliva-receptacle having a stem-openiiig in its Wall, a plug removablyfitted in the opening in the bot-- tom of the saliva-receptacle, andhaving a handle or grip projecting beyond the bottom of thesaliva-receptacle and arranged wholly in said cavity below thesaliva-receptacle, and a Wiper carried by the plug and extending throughthe smoke-orifice into the tobaccoreceptacle to clean the same.

l1. Atobacco-pipe havingits bowl provided with tobacco and salivareceptacles and a communicating smoke-orifice, and having a stemopeningin communication With-the salivareceptacle, and a wiper having its stemeX- tending from the saliva-receptacle through the smoke-orifice andprovided at its inner end with a flexible wiper-arm arranged within thetobacco-receptacle and insertible and removable through thesmoke-orifice.

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"forges Wiper having a stern extending-from the sa.- iiva-receptaclethrough the smokeorifice,pro vided at its inner end with a lateralflexible wiper-arm arranged within the tobacco-re-- ceptacle, vandhaving its stem provided with a straining or ltering medium arrangedWith-v in the saliva-receptacle and projecting into the smoke-orifice. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own Ihave hereto afxed mysignature in 25 the presence of two Witnesses.

ALBERT STUART SPEIRS. Witnesses:

M. F. HOTZE,` THOS. W. FOLSOM.

